People Are “Disgusted” With Busy Philipps’ Reaction To Her Show’s Cancellation And Her 11-YO’s Letter To The Network
Elizabeth Jean “Busy” Philipps decided to end 2019 with a slam. The host of the now-canceled late-night talk show Busy Tonight posted an unapologetic rant, drawing everyone’s attention to those who she thinks did her wrong in 2019.
Philipps shared what she called “almostgrams” – a series of photos she almost posted on Instagram last year after receiving the unexpected news about E! pulling the plug on Busy Tonight. These include a few selfies of her crying, screenshots of the conversation she had with the network executive, the astrological forecast for that day, and even the angry letter her 11-year-old daughter wrote for her mom’s former bosses.
However, while people understood that Philipps was trying to make sense of the emotional rollercoaster she went through during this difficult time, they thought she went overboard.
The host of the now-canceled late-night talk show Busy Tonight shared a rant, explaining how she was “blindsided” by the network
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She also posted the “almostgrams” – a series of photos she almost posted on Instagram after receiving the devastating news
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Which included screenshots of the conversation she had with one of the network’s execs
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The tattoo she got to help her cope
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The astrological forecast for that fateful day
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And the letter her 11-year-old daughter wrote to her former bosses
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Philipps’ career took off when she got to play Kim Kelly in the 1999-2000 comedy-drama TV series Freaks and Geeks, appearing in all but one of the show’s 18 episodes.
Her film debut was in the comedy The Smokers (2000). In 2001, Philipps started playing Audrey Liddell in the teen drama Dawson’s Creek. She was a regular in seasons 5 and 6, appearing in 46 episodes before the show finished in 2003.
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Philipps’ talk show aired on E! from October 28, 2018, to May 16, 2019. According to its premise, it was supposed to feature “everyone’s favorite unfiltered Hollywood best friend giving her hilarious and outspoken opinions on the latest pop culture stories and trending topics with candid celebrity guest interviews and original comedic segments.”
“Busy is a hilarious and charismatic talent and we are grateful to the entire Busy Tonight team who has delivered countless laughs and heartwarming moments in what will be over 100 episodes,” E! said in a statement when canceling the show.
However, people thought Philipps overreacted and should reconsider her actions and accusations
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Share on FacebookI think she's pretty much guaranteed nobody else is going to be offering her a job any time soon.
She's been irrelevant for so long its surprising she was given a show to begin with.
Load More Replies...It's the first time I've heard about her, but I wouldn't hire anyone so emotionally unstable who, on top of that, posts the whole process hoping to get sympathy. Dumb move
Never heard of her. I doubt you have either which is why the show was cancelled. This was a parenting opportunity for Mom to teach her daughter how to handle rejection and the knocks life throws at you. Parenting Fail.
I would be horrified if my 11-year-old wrote that! Definitely would not show it off as a "proud mommy moment". WTF?
Didn't read she was 11, thought she was 5 or 6 based on her writing. Anyway, hope she doesn't follow her entitled mother steps.
Load More Replies...She is obviously doing this purposefully, this kind of behavior is on brand for her and is probably getting her more attention than the actual show did in the first place that no one has heard of. Smart.
I’d be mortified if my 11-year-old wrote a letter like that. Just appalling language and I can’t believe she learned those words only from her peers...frankly, it sounds like she’s heard them at home. Busy, maybe this is a wake-up call to start paying attention to your daughter’s development because I can assure you, she’ll only get worse at this rate. And that will also mean taking a good, long look at yourself, too, and what you can do to effect a better life ahead.
Busy better buckle up! Won't be long until that 11 year old is 15, and writing "love notes" just like that, and worse, to her self-absorbed mommy.
Load More Replies...I think she burned a bunch of bridges - even the ones she hadn't even crossed yet.
Gosh, She doesn’t sound unbalanced and deranged at all.....I just can’t imagine why people didn’t turn into her show.....
To be fair, you have to be a little wacky to want your own talk show. Nothing wrong with wanting fame and to be the centre of attention, but it's a certain type who is like that so I'm not surprised this was the reaction from someone that needy (and again, not bashing needy people, I'm just saying it's not surprising).
Load More Replies...She wrote the 'shove it up your a**' line. You can tell if you've worked with kids or ever tried to write like a little kid. It doesn't match the other handwriting and it looks sloppy on purpose.
C**p, that means my son's kindergarten teacher can totally tell when I "help him" finish his homework some nights.
Load More Replies...For all of you saying she's a bad mother, think again, she has managed to teach her daughter how to make a proper 5yo tantrum. Not every mom can.
Never heard of her, no idea who she was, never heard of her show- I am sure I am not the only who is clueless as to who this has been/never was is..
omg what was she thinking? She is a train wreck. Posting your childs letter? Is she mentally ill?
Glad she is fired ..ugly thing she did ..people get fired everyday wondering how they will take of their family ..you sounded like a spoiled child throwing a fit.
'written by her daughter' I highly doubt it. Way too many spelling mistakes and bad grammar. Exactly what some adult pretending to write like a child would do - it the child was 5. Even an 11 year old would have better structure and better hand writing. She is trying to leverage her kid for sympathy - and not doing a very good job
Two different sets of hand-writing. One was probably the child and the 'she will shove it up your a*s' was probably written by whoever this bizarre woman is.
Load More Replies...Well clearly she did not use her nearly nine months off for any sort of therapy and introspection.
If I got a tattoo every time I got rejected or let down I'd have no skin showing by now
As someone who thought their job was going great and was well-liked, to just one day be told "see ya" with no explanation but lots of behind closed doors backstabbing, I feel for her an know what a tornado it causes in your life. But I also know (and she prob does too now) that it made me a better person to just take a deep breath and also say "f**k em'" too.
When your response to getting your show cancelled leads to your own cancelling...
I feel like everyone's attacking the 11-year-old just for having bad handwriting and spelling. They were both overreacting, but they shouldn't direct all the hate to a kid. She was in the wrong, but really? And the letter shouldn't have been posted online.
I don't think anyone's attacking the child. Just Busy for being an irresponsible mother. I don't know that she is. But she is making some big mistakes.
Load More Replies...We all have beed wronged several times in life, we got fired, our books refused by 50 publishers, our work we carefully crafted for years ridiculed etc so why is she different? BEcause she is a celebrity? You have to learn to lose sometimes, it happens. We all failed sometimes but most of us didn't cry in the media and blamed everyone else for our efforts being nullified. There is a thing called dignity in losing, go look it up! And why is this even on Bored Panda? This is not Buzzfeed.
TACKY ! and I seriously doubt 11 year old daughter wrote that letter.At 8 years old I was reading Dickens and The Icelandic Sagas.My 9 years old son loved Charlotte´s Web and Jaws and wrote Haiku....maybe now she will have time to put some effort into educating her daughter. Never heard of her and doubt many people have...Get a life !
Good. This chick has the coping skills of a 13 year old. The network was completely right. Busy who?
I think it's fair to be upset and we don't know whether she was given reasons why etc; but she's still behaving ridiculously and she probably won't be getting another job any time soon...
She should be less focused on her crappy show, and more focused on teaching her daughter basic writing and spelling skills.
Honestly, who actually thought her talk show would get more than one season and what happened to keeping things to yourself instead of spreading all of your dirt over the internet?
My suspicions that Busy’s career began and ended with Freaks and Geeks has now been confirmed. Go away Busy. Please.
I was already disgusted with her because of the selfishness she exudes about her outlook on abortion— so I guess I’m not really surprised that she’s acting this way. She should be more worried about parenting the right way.
For a bunch of people who don't like her or have never heard of her, you sure spent a lot of your time reading this post. Not only did you click on the article and read it, you took the time to comment. You are all so clearly unhappy in your own life that it made you feel better about your s****y life for just a second to tear down a woman you don't even know.
Who is this idiot and what show is this?? And the fact that she encourages her kid to speak like that is disgusting. I'd whoop my kid's asses if they acted that way and then she's teaching her kid(s) that when they don't get their way they can act that way. Deplorable.
"The men will always try to f**k you over" Are you kidding me? Now she's just trying to make this another Men vs. Women issue. Clearly they canceled her show because it wasn't good and providing enough profit. There are better ways to handle suck things.
Ugh. This is every reason I don’t do social media in a nutshell...........everyone is sooooooooooooooo fake! Crying selfie? Unreal. Pshht.
Lovely example she's set. I would have thanked my daughter and then been concerned about her education or learning differences. Yes, it's appropriate to recoil and address MEN who sexually harass you, but it's not open season on employers because they're men. All around stupidity and childish behaviour. Note to schools, bring back cursive writing. Written materials are looking more and more like ransom notes.
This would have been a fantastic opportunity to show strength and resilience for her daughter. This is a major friggen mom fail. Shane on you and your immaturity. You won't be "busy" again anytime soon...
Just not good to encourage what her daughter wrote on the back. I could see laughing, and then explaining it's not the way to deal with people as an adult and saved it for a laugh one day. Not post it on the internet so people can enough it.
Women like her, ridiculously entitled and immature, unable to believe everyone doesn't love them as much as they love themselves, are exactly why men used to think women are to emotional to handle things. Unfortunately modern 'feminism' has created far to many of this type. And she's apparently teaching her daughter to carry it into the next generation. If you fail just claim victimhood, blame men, have a tantrum and everyone will get behind you. In reality all you've done is make a huge fool of yourself, blithely set women's advancement back a few decades and show the world exactly why modern 'feminism' needs a massive overhaul.
What she did was wrong, but why bring feminism into it? Without feminism, you wouldn't be allowed to have money, you wouldn't be allowed to vote, you would never be taken seriously, and you would basically have no rights.
Load More Replies...Wow , I was a fan of hers until I read her daughters letter to E!. It reminded me of the picture of Cindy Crawford's son flipping off the photographers. More entitled trash walking the streets.
This girl isn't gonna be getting another job with an attitude like that
I cuss like a sailor. I never cussed before hitting 16 because I would have been back handed by my mother for using such foul language. When I met my MIL, she never cussed and I put the brakes on using that kind of language. Then I met my neighbors who couldn't speak without every other word being a cuss word. That being said, I'm not really surprised an 11yo is cussing in a letter to an adult when her mother has such words tattooed on her body. What I am shocked about is the atrocious spelling and grammar by said 11yo and her attitude. It's apparent the apple didn't fall far from that tree.
Oh look, another white girl tantrum because she didn’t get her way. Her gross tears and trashy child complete the ensemble.
Then her mother should have been aware of that and not posted it so publicly. A mother's job is to protect their child; this is the opposite of that.
Load More Replies...Who said we were okay with Trump? The whole country hates him except weird a*s rednecks. This isn’t about a woman cussing. This is about her white girl tears, which she’s trying to use to get sympathy and attention. So many people like her pull out the waterworks to play the victim. People are sick of it. And the main ones who get offended when we call it out are the Trumpish conservatives.
Load More Replies...I think she's pretty much guaranteed nobody else is going to be offering her a job any time soon.
She's been irrelevant for so long its surprising she was given a show to begin with.
Load More Replies...It's the first time I've heard about her, but I wouldn't hire anyone so emotionally unstable who, on top of that, posts the whole process hoping to get sympathy. Dumb move
Never heard of her. I doubt you have either which is why the show was cancelled. This was a parenting opportunity for Mom to teach her daughter how to handle rejection and the knocks life throws at you. Parenting Fail.
I would be horrified if my 11-year-old wrote that! Definitely would not show it off as a "proud mommy moment". WTF?
Didn't read she was 11, thought she was 5 or 6 based on her writing. Anyway, hope she doesn't follow her entitled mother steps.
Load More Replies...She is obviously doing this purposefully, this kind of behavior is on brand for her and is probably getting her more attention than the actual show did in the first place that no one has heard of. Smart.
I’d be mortified if my 11-year-old wrote a letter like that. Just appalling language and I can’t believe she learned those words only from her peers...frankly, it sounds like she’s heard them at home. Busy, maybe this is a wake-up call to start paying attention to your daughter’s development because I can assure you, she’ll only get worse at this rate. And that will also mean taking a good, long look at yourself, too, and what you can do to effect a better life ahead.
Busy better buckle up! Won't be long until that 11 year old is 15, and writing "love notes" just like that, and worse, to her self-absorbed mommy.
Load More Replies...I think she burned a bunch of bridges - even the ones she hadn't even crossed yet.
Gosh, She doesn’t sound unbalanced and deranged at all.....I just can’t imagine why people didn’t turn into her show.....
To be fair, you have to be a little wacky to want your own talk show. Nothing wrong with wanting fame and to be the centre of attention, but it's a certain type who is like that so I'm not surprised this was the reaction from someone that needy (and again, not bashing needy people, I'm just saying it's not surprising).
Load More Replies...She wrote the 'shove it up your a**' line. You can tell if you've worked with kids or ever tried to write like a little kid. It doesn't match the other handwriting and it looks sloppy on purpose.
C**p, that means my son's kindergarten teacher can totally tell when I "help him" finish his homework some nights.
Load More Replies...For all of you saying she's a bad mother, think again, she has managed to teach her daughter how to make a proper 5yo tantrum. Not every mom can.
Never heard of her, no idea who she was, never heard of her show- I am sure I am not the only who is clueless as to who this has been/never was is..
omg what was she thinking? She is a train wreck. Posting your childs letter? Is she mentally ill?
Glad she is fired ..ugly thing she did ..people get fired everyday wondering how they will take of their family ..you sounded like a spoiled child throwing a fit.
'written by her daughter' I highly doubt it. Way too many spelling mistakes and bad grammar. Exactly what some adult pretending to write like a child would do - it the child was 5. Even an 11 year old would have better structure and better hand writing. She is trying to leverage her kid for sympathy - and not doing a very good job
Two different sets of hand-writing. One was probably the child and the 'she will shove it up your a*s' was probably written by whoever this bizarre woman is.
Load More Replies...Well clearly she did not use her nearly nine months off for any sort of therapy and introspection.
If I got a tattoo every time I got rejected or let down I'd have no skin showing by now
As someone who thought their job was going great and was well-liked, to just one day be told "see ya" with no explanation but lots of behind closed doors backstabbing, I feel for her an know what a tornado it causes in your life. But I also know (and she prob does too now) that it made me a better person to just take a deep breath and also say "f**k em'" too.
When your response to getting your show cancelled leads to your own cancelling...
I feel like everyone's attacking the 11-year-old just for having bad handwriting and spelling. They were both overreacting, but they shouldn't direct all the hate to a kid. She was in the wrong, but really? And the letter shouldn't have been posted online.
I don't think anyone's attacking the child. Just Busy for being an irresponsible mother. I don't know that she is. But she is making some big mistakes.
Load More Replies...We all have beed wronged several times in life, we got fired, our books refused by 50 publishers, our work we carefully crafted for years ridiculed etc so why is she different? BEcause she is a celebrity? You have to learn to lose sometimes, it happens. We all failed sometimes but most of us didn't cry in the media and blamed everyone else for our efforts being nullified. There is a thing called dignity in losing, go look it up! And why is this even on Bored Panda? This is not Buzzfeed.
TACKY ! and I seriously doubt 11 year old daughter wrote that letter.At 8 years old I was reading Dickens and The Icelandic Sagas.My 9 years old son loved Charlotte´s Web and Jaws and wrote Haiku....maybe now she will have time to put some effort into educating her daughter. Never heard of her and doubt many people have...Get a life !
Good. This chick has the coping skills of a 13 year old. The network was completely right. Busy who?
I think it's fair to be upset and we don't know whether she was given reasons why etc; but she's still behaving ridiculously and she probably won't be getting another job any time soon...
She should be less focused on her crappy show, and more focused on teaching her daughter basic writing and spelling skills.
Honestly, who actually thought her talk show would get more than one season and what happened to keeping things to yourself instead of spreading all of your dirt over the internet?
My suspicions that Busy’s career began and ended with Freaks and Geeks has now been confirmed. Go away Busy. Please.
I was already disgusted with her because of the selfishness she exudes about her outlook on abortion— so I guess I’m not really surprised that she’s acting this way. She should be more worried about parenting the right way.
For a bunch of people who don't like her or have never heard of her, you sure spent a lot of your time reading this post. Not only did you click on the article and read it, you took the time to comment. You are all so clearly unhappy in your own life that it made you feel better about your s****y life for just a second to tear down a woman you don't even know.
Who is this idiot and what show is this?? And the fact that she encourages her kid to speak like that is disgusting. I'd whoop my kid's asses if they acted that way and then she's teaching her kid(s) that when they don't get their way they can act that way. Deplorable.
"The men will always try to f**k you over" Are you kidding me? Now she's just trying to make this another Men vs. Women issue. Clearly they canceled her show because it wasn't good and providing enough profit. There are better ways to handle suck things.
Ugh. This is every reason I don’t do social media in a nutshell...........everyone is sooooooooooooooo fake! Crying selfie? Unreal. Pshht.
Lovely example she's set. I would have thanked my daughter and then been concerned about her education or learning differences. Yes, it's appropriate to recoil and address MEN who sexually harass you, but it's not open season on employers because they're men. All around stupidity and childish behaviour. Note to schools, bring back cursive writing. Written materials are looking more and more like ransom notes.
This would have been a fantastic opportunity to show strength and resilience for her daughter. This is a major friggen mom fail. Shane on you and your immaturity. You won't be "busy" again anytime soon...
Just not good to encourage what her daughter wrote on the back. I could see laughing, and then explaining it's not the way to deal with people as an adult and saved it for a laugh one day. Not post it on the internet so people can enough it.
Women like her, ridiculously entitled and immature, unable to believe everyone doesn't love them as much as they love themselves, are exactly why men used to think women are to emotional to handle things. Unfortunately modern 'feminism' has created far to many of this type. And she's apparently teaching her daughter to carry it into the next generation. If you fail just claim victimhood, blame men, have a tantrum and everyone will get behind you. In reality all you've done is make a huge fool of yourself, blithely set women's advancement back a few decades and show the world exactly why modern 'feminism' needs a massive overhaul.
What she did was wrong, but why bring feminism into it? Without feminism, you wouldn't be allowed to have money, you wouldn't be allowed to vote, you would never be taken seriously, and you would basically have no rights.
Load More Replies...Wow , I was a fan of hers until I read her daughters letter to E!. It reminded me of the picture of Cindy Crawford's son flipping off the photographers. More entitled trash walking the streets.
This girl isn't gonna be getting another job with an attitude like that
I cuss like a sailor. I never cussed before hitting 16 because I would have been back handed by my mother for using such foul language. When I met my MIL, she never cussed and I put the brakes on using that kind of language. Then I met my neighbors who couldn't speak without every other word being a cuss word. That being said, I'm not really surprised an 11yo is cussing in a letter to an adult when her mother has such words tattooed on her body. What I am shocked about is the atrocious spelling and grammar by said 11yo and her attitude. It's apparent the apple didn't fall far from that tree.
Oh look, another white girl tantrum because she didn’t get her way. Her gross tears and trashy child complete the ensemble.
Then her mother should have been aware of that and not posted it so publicly. A mother's job is to protect their child; this is the opposite of that.
Load More Replies...Who said we were okay with Trump? The whole country hates him except weird a*s rednecks. This isn’t about a woman cussing. This is about her white girl tears, which she’s trying to use to get sympathy and attention. So many people like her pull out the waterworks to play the victim. People are sick of it. And the main ones who get offended when we call it out are the Trumpish conservatives.
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